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I just had this crazy notion that would ultimately organize a WWW Protest  for Apple to allow Flash content on their mobile devices.

The return of the "Skip Intro"

I think that  major sites (NYTimes,Google,FaceBook) adopting their homepage for a week  to index pages that are flash only, but of course containing an animated object that will lead to their site.

This wouldnt be too much risk because the hardcore readers could always use RSS to get the info on the site

That action, by some of the biggest websites would prompt Apple to allow this feature to be updated on their devices.

This is just an idea. But i think that it will make the company really re-evaluate their position.

I call this the " Skip Intro Protest"

Comments
Don't waste your time. It isn't going to happen. Besides affecting performance and stability, those Flash crashes are often associated with security holes. If Apple wants to offer reliable "appliance" type mobile devices, it is better that they control areas affecting security. Do you think Flash is stable on your platform? Try this: http://flashcrash.dempsky.org/
Posted 2/8/2010 5:05:24 PM By Dbug
I don't want flash on my iPod (and when I have it, my iPad). I think Apple is doing the right thing - flash would make these devices slow and unstable. And I'd have to recharge my iPod more than once a week when I use it to browse the web. On top of all of that, any sort of concerted campaign to do something like this is nearly impossible to coordinate without some underlying economic force driving the companies to action. With flash, this is not going to happen (and as I've said above, it's a good thing, too!).
Posted 2/8/2010 5:05:45 PM By Max Harris
"hardcore readers could always use RSS" That's true on the iPhone as well.
Posted 2/8/2010 6:30:31 PM By David
Persuade Apple to allow flash by the worst thing about flash (splash pages that serve no purpose)? Yeah, great idea
Posted 2/9/2010 8:26:51 AM By Paul
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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